Schools in Buckingham
Buckingham is the historic county town of Buckinghamshire and sits within a mixed selective and non-selective admissions landscape. The area is served by 18 schools: 13 primaries and 2 secondaries - Buckingham School (non-selective) and Royal Latin School. Buckinghamshire County Council co-ordinates admissions and administers the 11+ selection process that determines grammar school eligibility across the county.
Six of Buckingham's schools carry a religious character, and 8 hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating. Four schools are currently at or above their published admission number. Families in the Buckingham area should note that Buckinghamshire's selective system means secondary preferences need to be submitted by mid-October, and pupils hoping to apply to Royal Latin School must sit the county's transfer test in September of Year 6.
School demand in Buckingham
Across the 17 schools in Buckingham with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 90%. 4 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Buckingham have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Buckingham are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Buckinghamshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Buckingham have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Buckingham: 3 oversubscribed (13)
Roundwood Primary School
Primary · Community school
Buckingham · MK18 4HY
Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School
Primary · Community school
Buckingham · MK18 2PA
Thornborough Infant School
Primary · Community school
Buckingham · MK18 2DF
Buckingham Primary School
Primary · Community school
Buckingham · MK18 1TT
St James and St John CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Buckingham · MK18 5JE
North Marston Church of England School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Buckingham · MK18 3PE
Twyford C of E School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Buckingham · MK18 4EU
Winslow Church of England School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Buckingham · MK18 3EN
Bourton Meadow Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Buckingham · MK18 7HX
Lace Hill Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Buckingham · MK18 7RR
George Grenville Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Buckingham · MK18 1AP
Padbury Church of England School
Primary · Academy converter
Buckingham · MK18 2AP
Finmere Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Buckingham · MK18 4AR
Secondary Schools in Buckingham (2)
Other Schools in Buckingham (3)
Stowe School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Buckingham · MK18 5EH
Furze Down School
Not applicable · Community special school
Buckingham · MK18 3BL
University of Buckingham
Not applicable · Higher education institutions
Buckingham · MK18 1EG
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Buckingham are set by Buckinghamshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.